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Cornarea

Canale · Cuneo (CN)
← Piemonte
Established
1974
Piero Rapetti
Yearly production
estate
Location
Canale, Cuneo (CN), Piemonte
Cuneo (CN)
Vineyard area
15 ha
estate

Appellations

Roero Arneis DOCGRoero DOCGNebbiolo d'Alba DOC

History

Piero Rapetti bought the Cornarea hill in 1974 and, with his family, planted 15 hectares of vines between 1975 and 1978, betting on the then-rare Roero Arneis.

The estate is now run by brothers Gian Nicola Bovone, an enologist, and Pierfranco Bovone.

Wines

Illustrative selection
Roero Arneis
Roero Arneis DOCG · Arneis
Estate Arneis from the Cornarea hill.
Roero
Roero DOCG · Nebbiolo
Roero Nebbiolo.
Nebbiolo d'Alba
Nebbiolo d'Alba DOC · Nebbiolo
Younger-vine Nebbiolo.
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